Worst cities in georgia for crime. What are the most dangerous cities in georgia. Glennville ranks 10 in violent crime and 15 in property crime the opposite of jeffersons rankings. 20 cities 40 dropped in rank year over year.
90 of the cities stayed under the state violent crime rate of 33 and all. If youre curious enough here are the best cities to live in georgia. Wrapping up the worst in georgia.
5 top atlanta. To get the lowdown on the cities in georgia that are the most dangerous with the highest crime rates we consulted the most recent fbi uniform crime reportour rankings are based solely on the data publicly released each year by the fbi. Based on the latest fbi crime stats for georgia 2017 we put together a list of the most dangerous cities in georgia.
This small city in eastern georgias tattnall county was neck and neck with jefferson for the 9 spot on this list. The most dangerous city in georgia is the city of east point. Rounding out our list of safest cities in georgia is the city of glennville.
East point has over 30000 people living in the city which clocks in just southwest of the capital city. It is also the second most dangerous city in georgia with a crime rate of 142 per 1000 residents. Chatsworth is brand new to the list this year debuting at nine with a violent crime rate of 16 and a 56 rate for property crime.
The most dangerous city in georgia. And in the end swainsboro ranks as the worst city to live in georgia for 2020. College park is a city south of atlanta and is known to be a bit dangerous by metropolis atlanta residents.
But the crime rates in certain areas are dangerously high especially the murder rate which is six times the national average. We analyzed 94 cities in georgia using the most recent fbi crime data to determine which cities are the most dangerous in the state. Your chance of becoming a victim in college park is 1 in 7.
The biggest jump was lyons moving 92 places to be named the 18th safest city in georgia. According to 247 wall st there were 1307 violent crimes for every 100000 city residents in 2017 a higher crime rate than in more than 90 percent of all us. Unfortunately the reason why east point tops the list this year is that the crime average per capital of 100k is highest in every category of crime measured in comparison to.
In addition aggravated assault is also nearly four times higher than the state average.